Samhain Séance Seven:A Very Dark Place

The Ephemeral Man

It’s been all quiet on the Western front here on the Wyrd Daze blog during an arduous Summer, but plans are afoot! Here’s an update of what’s been going on behind the scenes.

There have been two recent Wyrd Mails:

Wyrd Mail 014 came with the announcement of a forthcoming new era of the Wyrd Daze zine. ‘Wyrd Daze Issue One’ is currently under development, and will feature the return of David Southwell’s The Phoenix Guide to Strange England: Hookland.

I’ve recently put together the “cover” for the new look Phoenix Guide, and here it is:

(all photographs by David Southwell)

Wyrd Mail 015 was released just before Halloween and announced the sixth annual Samhain Seance mix by Wyrd Daze’s resident audio wyrdo The Ephemeral Man.

If you haven’t yet subscribed to the Wyrd Daze mailing list (Wyrd Mail) and would like to do so, you can do so HERE. Wyrd Mail is the most direct way to gain news from the world of Wyrd Daze, including links to any content released.

There is also now a Wyrd Daze Facebook Group – a place for fellow Wyrdians to hang out, discover, and enthuse about things from the Wyrd Daze world and beyond – come take a look!

Wyrd Daze is the multimedia zine of speculative fiction + experimental music, art, and writing. It began life as a one-off print edition in the Summer of 2013 before launching digitally on October 31st. It had a run of 12 issues before being rebooted to Lvl2 in March 2015.

All previous blog posts before this one have now been archived.Here you will find a showcase and link to Lvl2 Issues 1, 2, +3.

The 12 issues of Lvl1 plus a digital copy of the original print zine have now been archived. They are available to $5 tier patrons on the Wyrd Daze Patreon.

Wyrd Daze believes that artists should be paid for their published works.
We would like to create a community of support and enthusiasm for independent artists. The more people support, the more art can be made and appreciated.

Art makes us think more deeply, strive more intently, and feel joy more profoundly. Creativity in all it’s forms brings further meaning to our lives, allows us to explore existence and communicate our explorations to the world.

An extract of a story from Seasons of War, the unofficial Doctor Who charity anthology. The story is called The Celaphas Gift, and it was written by Andrew Smith, who wrote the 1980 Tom Baker era Doctor Who episode: Full Circle (Part One) and its novelisation. He’s since gone on to write several Doctor Who audio adventures for Big Finish. The story is read by Tracey Norman, with sound design by Simon Brett.

The podcast also features a mix dedicated to poet, maverick, and mystic Daevid Allen by The Ephemeral Man.

Wyrd Daze Lvl2 Issue 2

Contents :

Cover and interior artworks by Kev McKie

The Ballad of Sophie Nu by Mark Lawrence

An interview with Mark Lawrence

Shining Apples by Carsia Swenson

Walking on the Black Meadow by Chris Lambert

The Art of Clara Engel

I F***ing Love Science by Melissa Beall

Fragments from: The Fife Psychogeographical Collective

There’s a special 5-track compilation of songs by Canadian singer / songwriterClara Engelas part of the download with this issue, as well as theWyrd Daze Podcast, whichfeatures a special mix for Beltane byThe Ephemeral Man

Wyrd Daze Lvl2 Issue 3

Contents :

Cover and interior artworks by Choncey Langford

The June Bug by Chris Lambert

Notes from Some Other War by Martin Hayes

States of Matter : an essay about the wyrd of science
by Melissa Beall